Item number: A3464

Year: AD 1929

Material: Copper

Size: 31.4 x 31.7 x 1.8 mm

Weight: 13.7 g

Manufactured by: Kashgar

Provenance: Spink 2023

This is a 10-Cash copper coin minted in the oasis city of Kashgar in southern Xinjiang in the 18th year of the Republic (AD 1929). At the time, coin production in Xinjiang combined traditional manual methods with mechanical assistance, resulting in numerous minor variations within the same coin type.

The obverse of the coin features a beaded circle enclosing the Chinese national title “中華民國” (Republic of China), surrounded by a floral motif. Depending on the variety, this motif appears either as radiating rays or as a gear design; this type is the gear version.

Outside the beaded circle, the characters for the cyclical year “己巳” (Ji-Si) appear on both the left and right sides as dividing markers. The upper edge bears the mint location “新疆喀什造” (Minted in Kashgar, Xinjiang), while the lower edge displays the denomination “當紅錢十文” (Valid Red Money, 10 Cash).

The reverse of the coin depicts the flag of the Nanjing Nationalist Government and the flag of the Kuomintang (KMT), both tied to arrow-shaped flagpoles and decorated with a large floral knot. This variety features the national flag on the left and the party flag on the right. On either side of the arrowhead at the top, the Chinese characters “銅幣” (Copper Coin) are inscribed.

物件編號: A3464

年代: 公元 1929 年

材質: 紅銅

尺寸: 31.4 x 31.7 x 1.8 mm

重量: 13.7 g

製造地: 喀什

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2023

這是一枚民國18年 (公元1929年)，位於南疆的綠洲大城喀什鑄造的面額十文銅錢，由於彼時新疆的錢幣為機械輔佐傳統的人力鑄造工法，故同一類型的錢幣存在多種版型的細微差異。

錢幣正面有一道珠圈，珠圈內是圍繞著花飾的漢字國號「中華民國」，花飾依照版型的差異能分為光芒和齒輪兩種，該版型為齒輪的版本。珠圈外圍的左右兩側以干支紀年「己巳」作為分界線，上緣打印地點「新疆喀什造」，下緣則是面額「當紅錢十文」。

錢幣背面則是綁在箭頭旗桿上面，並且以大花結裝飾的南京國民政府國旗和中國國民黨黨旗，該物件為國旗在左側而黨旗在右側的版本。頂端的箭頭左右兩側打印漢字「銅幣」字樣。